fan leaves blocking light

[prettygirlsmokes420]

My fan leaves are big and bushy, sometimes they block the light from the new growth coming up. I have only cut three off so far, but before I continue, I want to make sure I'm not causing issues further down the line. The plant is super healthy, bushy, and has a lot of newer growth that seems to be emerging from the middle top area. I figure common sense would say all the new growth, and the location of it is mostly normal.
However the growth of the fan leaves seems to be more spurratic and random, seriously, I don't see how, with there being so many, trimming the ones blocking the light from the new growth wouldn't be beneficial. Especially when there's twice as much new growth as fan leaves.
But I know fan leaves are what feeds the new growth too...
Can someone help me out here?

prettygirlsmokes420 Reviewed by prettygirlsmokes420 on 12-05-2011. fan leaves blocking light My fan leaves are big and bushy, sometimes they block the light from the new growth coming up. I have only cut three off so far, but before I continue, I want to make sure I'm not causing issues further down the line. The plant is super healthy, bushy, and has a lot of newer growth that seems to be emerging from the middle top area. I figure common sense would say all the new growth, and the location of it is mostly normal. ;) However the growth of the fan leaves seems to be more spurratic and Rating: 5

[darthcannabis]

I been wondering the same thing. But I figure it can't hurt to leave all the growth on them.. maby try it out on one or two and see how they compare to the ones you didn't.

[GaGrown]

Ok..This is preference only. Seedlings,I'll take the lower 2 nodes just for air circulation. That 4 leaves per plant.

Ga.

[GaGrown]

Ok..This is preference only. Seedlings,I'll take the lower 2 nodes just for air circulation. That 4 leaves per plant.

Ga.

[GaGrown]

Ok..This is preference only. Seedlings,I'll take the lower 2 nodes just for air circulation. That 4 leaves per plant.

Ga.

[GaGrown]

WTF? I must be studderin'! The sytem went down and I come back to Bam! 3 posts???:wtf:

[prettygirlsmokes420]

Ok ga, I got it, you don't gotta repeat urself...lol
It's my dwc bucket that's doing this. So I can't really do it on one plant and not Tue other, there's only one plant..

I took a total of four leaves off, now my new growth in the middle of the plant is exposed to the light.
I guess well see how it turns out eh?
I say so long as I'm not doin it that much, the plant should be fine....

[drudown11]

During vegetative growth the fan needs are the main sun catchers for the plant so people tend to leave them alone.

Trimming them during flowering happens to be one of the most most argued methods in marijuana cultivation. Some say do it, others despise it. Personally Ive noticed that during flowering alot of the lower growth gets shaded and turns out to be "red headed stepchild" buds. They lack weight and density and most of the time just fall victim to my hash bags. Exposing these buds promotes growth and can turn bullshit lower growth into usable colas. It all depends on your preference.


You can grow some monsters in DWC buckets if you do it right. Ive seen 3 lbs from one plant using a 5 gallon bucket.

[Weezard]

One penny:

Well you don't have to chop off the solar cells to illuminate the stepchildren.

Momma nature has this covered.
She uses wind power, so can we. (mus' be why they're called "fan leaves", yah?)

Tuppence:

And when in the doldrums?

As the planet turns the shadows shift and everybody gets a turn at a tan.
So, if your oscillating fan should become an osculating fan. (the kiss of death)
Simply install a light mover, and stop with all the chop.

A little info:
Fan leaf feeds stalk growth from each node.
Removing them can limit "stretch" .
When the plants are through growing stalk, they suck the stored energy from the fans and then discard them safely.
They fade, yellow, form an abscission layer to prevent sap loss, and then drop to the root zone to recover their minerals as well.

Wanna know what is optimum for our green friends?
Observe, research, and think about what you see.
There is reason and logic in nature. We jus' gotta look for it.

Aloha,
Weezard

[jon420]

Simply cut off a couple of the fingers on the leaves that are blocking light. Been doing this for quite some time and it doesn't seem to cause any harm. Just my opinion though!!!